﻿/*
   Copyright 2012 Dmitry Bratus

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Flower.Workflow
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The processes manager.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IProcessesManager
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Starts a process.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TIn">The input message type.</typeparam>
        /// <typeparam name="TOut">The output message type.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="workflow">A path or id of the workflow.</param>
        /// <param name="args">The input message.</param>
        /// <returns>The message returned by the initializer of the workflow and the pid of the started process.</returns>
        ProcessStartResult<TOut> StartProcess<TIn, TOut>(string workflow, TIn args);
    }
}
